• DocumentCode
    1901933
  • Title

    Design of a fluid-infiltrated planar polymer integrated optic refractive index sensor

  • Author

    Zeller, E. ; Thach Nguyen ; Mitchell, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report a novel design of a planar polymer integrated refractive index sensor based on an asymmetric fluid-infiltrated coupler architecture. Modal and beam propagation analysis revealed a sensitivity comparable to the most sensitive fibre-based concepts.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; integrated optics; light propagation; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical polymers; photonic crystals; refractive index measurement; asymmetric fluid-infiltrated coupler; beam propagation analysis; fluid-infiltrated planar polymer refractive index sensor; integrated optic refractive index sensor; optical design; photonic crystal fibre; Couplings; Fluids; Indexes; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Solids; Optofluidics; Refractive Index Sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929961
  • Filename
    5929961